All
right, Marvel...you got me. This is a triple dip. First came
the old Thing: The Project Pegasus Saga trade paperback, then
the Essential Marvel Two-In-One phone books, and now this
hardcover. This was a $10 box deal at a comic convention. I love
these overprinted runs that Marvel was doing for a while there. I
snagged this, brand new and in near mint condition, all for a
Hamilton.

Project
Pegasus was a timely topic during it's original publication, since
this was the Government (of the Marvel Universe's United States)
alternative energy research facility. Macchio and Gruenwald named it
after the Mobil logo, which was the mythological horse, Pegasus.
Irony and all that. They were way more clever than they had to be for
this title. This concept holds up extremely well here in the 21st
Century. The more things change...

This
is a great read, worlds better than much of Marvel's current output.
These cats, writers and artists, were all great storytellers. The
Thing is a loveable buffoon, and Black Goliath becomes the new
Giant-Man here. You also have Quasar, the son of the 1950s Marvel
Boy. I love all of the continuity references throughout the book.
There also lots of cool B-list villains, such as Klaw. This is a good
time, and as such, I give this my highest recommendation.

The
OCD zone- I love the Marvel Premiere Classic line of hardcovers.
Nice paper, decent restoration, and sewn binding at a reasonable
MSRP. There is something strange about the paper in this book,
though. It is inconsistent, being almost Marvel Masterworks smooth at
times, while having a slightly rougher feel at other points in the
book. I can only guess that the smoother textures were when the
Chinese were using the finer, virgin Amazon rainforest trees for
their paper. Either that, or they had extra mercury from the recalled
thermometers in the ink vats. Maybe a better consistency with the
mixture of lead paint chips or asbestos tiles. Or perhaps the child
working the printing presses was extra emotional that day, adding
more tears to the mix at some points of the process than others.

DC
has made strides in fixing the problem of their books not laying
flat. Join the cause page if you want make sure that DC keeps up the
recent good work on their hardcovers. Don't do it for me, do it for
the children. Won't somebody please think of the children??